A61C 17/08
Aspiration nozzles
A61C17/08 (Aspiration nozzles) appears on 382 US grants and 414 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 382
- Published applications
- 414
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 649
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 10 |
| 2004 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 12 |
| 2006 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 14 |
| 2012 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 11 | 15 |
| 2014 | 9 | 20 |
| 2015 | 13 | 21 |
| 2016 | 9 | 20 |
| 2017 | 15 | 21 |
| 2018 | 15 | 24 |
| 2019 | 9 | 19 |
| 2020 | 16 | 21 |
| 2021 | 17 | 33 |
| 2022 | 16 | 24 |
| 2023 | 14 | 25 |
| 2024 | 14 | 19 |
| 2025 | 15 | 24 |
| 2026 | 11 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical or dental instrument and cannulae for aspirating, cleaning, drying and illuminating170US 4,872,837 A1989
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